How To Clip Chicken Wings

This is my favorite video tutorial for wing clipping.

How to clip chicken wings. One chicken at a time. This lady does a great job at describing the process and does it with the comfort of her chicken in mind. Only clip the primary flight feathers down to where the secondary feathers start.

If you have any questions about clipping wings or any other poultry topic contact me. Expose what are called the primary flight feathers by grabbing the chickens wing and gently pulling it away from its body. These are the clippers I now use.

Cut both of the wings if your chickens have a larger run with toys and if you enjoy giving them activities. Second you can clip their wings. This week on garden Farm Nola shows you how to clip a chickens wing.

A bird that can still fly may need to have the same wings secondary feathers clipped. To be more accurate you can clip their wing. How to Clip a Chickens Wing.

There are only two ways to keep your chickens inside an enclosed area. Holding the chicken firmly but gently spread out one wing. Clip the Flight Feathers Grab your scissors and clip the flight feathers make sure you dont cut too close to the bone so you dont hurt the chicken.

With cutting the wings of your chicken make sure that you give the chicken about 30 minutes alone before releasing her into the flock because the chicken will be a bit disoriented. If youre at all nervous use clippers or scissors with a rounded edge so that if your hand slips you wont injure the bird - or more likely yourself. This stops the chicken from being able to fly.